The Desperate Hours
- Jaar: 1955
- Land: United States of America
- Genre: Crime, Thriller
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Sleutelwoord: hostage, indianapolis, suburbia, escaped convict, film noir, home invasion, family hostage
- Direkteur: William Wyler
- Gooi: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Gig Young